Lac Tempete Fishing in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  This water sits in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. The shore lies 24 km out. It is high ground by Quebec standards. Saint-Fulgence is the closest place, 30 km off. It is 42 km to Saguenay, the nearest city. Nearby, in order: Lac Poelon some 0.3 km off, Lac Rotule within 0.5 km, Lac aux Foins some 1.4 km off, Lac Cimon within 1.6 km and Lac Barbu some 2 km off. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Tempete

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Records held for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean cover northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. At Lac Tempete the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 15°C and January near -18°C. Water stays cold even at the height of the year. Winter locks it down, and mid May brings it back. In an average year the thaw lands around mid May and the freeze near early November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. Lac Tempete fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Lac Poelon, 0.3 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position at Lac Tempete before loading the car.